LAS is delighted to announce the appointment of Carly Whitefield to the post of Senior Curator. Working alongside Director Dr Bettina Kames, Whitefield will oversee the foundation’s exhibitions and public programmes at the intersection of art, science and new technologies. At LAS she will lead the curatorial team in the realisation of future-focussed projects and site-specific commissions, facilitating mutually beneficial collaborations between artists and experts across science and tech.
Carly moves to LAS from Tate Modern where she worked as Assistant Curator, International Art, co-curating Anicka Yi’s Hyundai Commission, In Love With the World (2021–2022). She also served co-curator of the Tate Film cinema, installation and performance programmes, realising interdisciplinary projects such as Enmeshed (2022), Nástio Mosquito: No.One.Gives.A.Mosquito’s.Ass.About.Us (2020), Pan Daijing: Tissues (2019), Nkisi: The Spiral (2019), Tony Cokes: Sound Systems (2019) and Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Walled Unwalled (2018), among others.
While at Tate, Whitefield helped embed accessibility initiatives, and contributed to wider goals of shifting who and what is represented in its collection. Whitefield also served as a guest lecturer in MA programmes at the Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins, London College of Communication and University of Reading. She received a degree in Cultural Studies at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, before completing her Master of Research in Art: Moving Image at Central Saint Martins.
In her first months with LAS Whitefield will realise the first international Edition of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s Pollinator Pathmaker (June 20, 2023–November 1, 2026), a performance by Marianna Simnett (September 2023) and the largest exhibition to date from artist and filmmaker Lawrence Lek (October 2023).
Carly Whitefield said: “It’s a great pleasure to join the team at LAS. Having championed unconventional media throughout my career, I’m delighted to work with an organisation that supports artists who explore experimental formats and nurture interdisciplinary exchange. LAS’s commitment to accessibility and collaboration aligns with my focus on fostering inclusive and meaningful approaches to sharing art and ideas. I’m excited to work with LAS’s extraordinary team to help shape this new vision of what an art organisation can be.”
Bettina Kames, Director, LAS, said: “We are delighted to welcome Carly Whitefield to the LAS team where she will lead in the strategic development of our exhibition and public programmes – both on and offline. Her long-standing interest in creative projects that interweave art, technology and science, and her dedication to interdisciplinary collaboration, will make for an exciting future with the foundation. I look forward to embarking on this adventurous journey with her, and working together to support art that challenges our perception of the present and stimulates future imaginaries.”
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About LAS
LAS Art Foundation is a new type of arts organisation — one that interrogates our present and gives form to future imaginaries. Our mission is to explore the possibilities of tomorrow by working with visionary artists, thinkers and institutions to develop ground-breaking projects and experiences. Together with our collaborators, we investigate topics ranging from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to ecology and biotechnology — illuminating the intersections between art, science and technology.
Our diverse programme comprises both newly commissioned and existing exhibitions and performances, as well as educational programming, publications and research projects. Curiosity drives us to continually reimagine the role of an arts organisation as one that shapes and evolves with our collective futures.
